The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the sidelines of the Clean Pacific Roundtable and associated events this week in Suva, Fiji. The new partnership will see the organisations working together to support Pacific island countries as they steer towards environmental stewardship and sustainable growth.
“We look forward to our two organisations working together, translating this collaboration from paper to tangible outcomes and actions on the ground in our Pacific islands, for our Pacific islands,” said Mr. Kosi Latu, Director General of SPREP.
This partnership will help strengthen national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks, as well as increase green public and private investment flows to convert green growth strategies and investment plans into practical action.
“The Global Green Growth Institute and SPREP champion common objectives and it makes sense for us to be working together in the Pacific region harnessing our complementary skills to deliver high-quality outcomes for our member countries,” said Ms Katerina Syngellakis, Pacific Regional Representative for GGGI.
GGGI supports green economic growth that is climate-resilient, environmentally sustainable, and socially inclusive. The organisation works in over 25 countries worldwide and has offices in Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu. In the Pacific, GGGI has supported the mainstreaming of green growth into the National Development Plan of Fiji, developed the Fiji’s Nationally Determined Contributions Roadmap and Low Emissions Development Strategy, helped set up the National Green Energy Fund in Vanuatu and is supporting green entrepreneurship capacity building in Vanuatu, Fiji, and Kiribati amongst other activities.
Original source: GGGI
Published on 23 August 2018
